A Tale of Two Webs

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Argues that the web shifts from cloud-first to local-first and peer-to-peer, claiming a tiny runtime (about 1.5 megabytes on desktop, 8–10 MB on mobile), a peer protocol that avoids centralized STUN/TURN signaling and supports asynchronous relays, and apps that cut cloud bills by ~75% while reaching 500 million users and tens of thousands of deployed apps; demonstrates instant starts, local persistent data via File System API in Chromium/Firefox (Safari lagging), and says the approach works at scale.

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1. 0:00Welcome
2. 1:06Web evolution 2023-2027
3. 5:20Web problems 2023
4. 8:13Server to local-first shift
5. 12:05Offline data access importance
6. 16:19Device storage challenges
7. 19:27How offline-first improved user experience
8. 21:11Socket Supply's role
9. 25:25Peer-to-peer protocol
10. 28:16Local-first future
11. 30:25Web journey reflection
12. 32:34Q&A

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